Until the age of fourteen, Nita lived in Chattanooga and then on her Butler grandparent's family farm in Floyd County, Georgia.
Nita, as most people called her, was nicknamed Didley on the farm. This was because her older brother, Windy, couldn't say her name when he was little. He called her Juan-didly.
Although she later came to love living in a big city, many of her fondest memories were of the farm where she loved to climb trees and spend time with her relatives. She always refered to her family in Georgia and California as "the Marvelous Butler's."
As a child on the farm she did the butter churning, lamp wick trimming, tended the garden, and filled the kerosene lamps. She also helped her great-grandmother McCall, whom she adored, with milking the one cow and gathered eggs from the hens. Even though she was afraid of the cows, she tried not to show it. In the long run, she said that she was probably little help. She also tried to help with the washing, which was done down-stream side.
A delightful, cheery, energetic person, Nita is the child who resembles her father most. During World War II she was a secretary for the War Department, and is listed in the DAR World War II Book of Rememberance.
During World War II, between March, 1943 and July, 1945 Nita worked for Calship, a ship building company at Terminal Island, California. Calship built "200 for Victory" including Council Bluffs Victory.
In the 1950's she worked for an opthamologist, then later in her career in hospital administration. She was married briefly as a teenager to Steven Takach, and later to Ted Hodgett. Although she never had children, she loved all of her neices and nephews as if they were her own.
In February 2004 Nita was hospitalized with a brain aneurysm and afterward moved to a retirement home in Glendale, CA because of severe memory problems. Even then, she often said she had lived a good life.
Nita, as most people called her, was nicknamed Didley on the farm. This was because her older brother, Windy, couldn't say her name when he was little. He called her Juan-didly.
Although she later came to love living in a big city, many of her fondest memories were of the farm where she loved to climb trees and spend time with her relatives. She always refered to her family in Georgia and California as "the Marvelous Butler's."
As a child on the farm she did the butter churning, lamp wick trimming, tended the garden, and filled the kerosene lamps. She also helped her great-grandmother McCall, whom she adored, with milking the one cow and gathered eggs from the hens. Even though she was afraid of the cows, she tried not to show it. In the long run, she said that she was probably little help. She also tried to help with the washing, which was done down-stream side.
A delightful, cheery, energetic person, Nita is the child who resembles her father most. During World War II she was a secretary for the War Department, and is listed in the DAR World War II Book of Rememberance.
During World War II, between March, 1943 and July, 1945 Nita worked for Calship, a ship building company at Terminal Island, California. Calship built "200 for Victory" including Council Bluffs Victory.
In the 1950's she worked for an opthamologist, then later in her career in hospital administration. She was married briefly as a teenager to Steven Takach, and later to Ted Hodgett. Although she never had children, she loved all of her neices and nephews as if they were her own.
In February 2004 Nita was hospitalized with a brain aneurysm and afterward moved to a retirement home in Glendale, CA because of severe memory problems. Even then, she often said she had lived a good life.
Until the age of fourteen, Nita lived in Chattanooga and then on her Butler grandparent's family farm in Floyd County, Georgia.
Nita, as most people called her, was nicknamed Didley on the farm. This was because her older brother, Windy, couldn't say her name when he was little. He called her Juan-didly.
Although she later came to love living in a big city, many of her fondest memories were of the farm where she loved to climb trees and spend time with her relatives. She always refered to her family in Georgia and California as "the Marvelous Butler's."
As a child on the farm she did the butter churning, lamp wick trimming, tended the garden, and filled the kerosene lamps. She also helped her great-grandmother McCall, whom she adored, with milking the one cow and gathered eggs from the hens. Even though she was afraid of the cows, she tried not to show it. In the long run, she said that she was probably little help. She also tried to help with the washing, which was done down-stream side.
A delightful, cheery, energetic person, Nita is the child who resembles her father most. During World War II she was a secretary for the War Department, and is listed in the DAR World War II Book of Rememberance.
During World War II, between March, 1943 and July, 1945 Nita worked for Calship, a ship building company at Terminal Island, California. Calship built "200 for Victory" including Council Bluffs Victory.
In the 1950's she worked for an opthamologist, then later in her career in hospital administration. She was married briefly as a teenager to Steven Takach, and later to Ted Hodgett. Although she never had children, she loved all of her neices and nephews as if they were her own.
In February 2004 Nita was hospitalized with a brain aneurysm and afterward moved to a retirement home in Glendale, CA because of severe memory problems. Even then, she often said she had lived a good life.
Nita, as most people called her, was nicknamed Didley on the farm. This was because her older brother, Windy, couldn't say her name when he was little. He called her Juan-didly.
Although she later came to love living in a big city, many of her fondest memories were of the farm where she loved to climb trees and spend time with her relatives. She always refered to her family in Georgia and California as "the Marvelous Butler's."
As a child on the farm she did the butter churning, lamp wick trimming, tended the garden, and filled the kerosene lamps. She also helped her great-grandmother McCall, whom she adored, with milking the one cow and gathered eggs from the hens. Even though she was afraid of the cows, she tried not to show it. In the long run, she said that she was probably little help. She also tried to help with the washing, which was done down-stream side.
A delightful, cheery, energetic person, Nita is the child who resembles her father most. During World War II she was a secretary for the War Department, and is listed in the DAR World War II Book of Rememberance.
During World War II, between March, 1943 and July, 1945 Nita worked for Calship, a ship building company at Terminal Island, California. Calship built "200 for Victory" including Council Bluffs Victory.
In the 1950's she worked for an opthamologist, then later in her career in hospital administration. She was married briefly as a teenager to Steven Takach, and later to Ted Hodgett. Although she never had children, she loved all of her neices and nephews as if they were her own.
In February 2004 Nita was hospitalized with a brain aneurysm and afterward moved to a retirement home in Glendale, CA because of severe memory problems. Even then, she often said she had lived a good life.
